An unstable airmass remined in place over central portions of Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours. An area of showers and thunderstorms developed across northwestern portions of the mid state and moved southeastward.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
An unstable airmass remined in place over central portions of Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours. An area of showers and thunderstorms developed across northwestern portions of the mid state and moved southeastward. One of these thunderstorms reached severe thresholds, producing thunderstorm wind damage in Wilson County.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 1:54 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 254 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 .DISCUSSION... A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND CONNECTS TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER PLAINS. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA EARLY THU WITH INCREASING POPS THROUGH THU. AFTER THE WAVE PASSES ON THU NGT THE FRONT WILL PUSH SWD INTO THE MIDSTATE. WITH ONLY WEAK IMPULSES ALOFT THE FRONT WILL MOVE LITTLE OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL SERVE AS A SOURCE OF CONVECTIVE INITIATION. ON MONDAY THE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER MEXICO BEGINS TO AMPLIFY AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH DROPS INTO THE WRN US THROUGH MIDWEEK. AT THE SURFACE...THIS WILL SERVE TO PUSH THE FRONT FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND REDUCE THE POPS OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL ALSO MAKE ANY CONVECTION MORE DIURNALLY MODULATED. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE SERN US DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE NEXT WEEK AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE ATTEMPTS TO PRESS SEWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES BY THE START OF THE WEEKEND. AFTER A SLIGHT COOL DOWN ON FRI AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE FIRST WAVE...TEMPS QUICKLY COME BACK INTO THE 85-90 RANGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NEXT WEEK WITH RATHER MUGGY CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 87 69 87 67 / 50 40 60 30 CLARKSVILLE 85 69 87 66 / 50 50 60 40 CROSSVILLE 82 63 80 65 / 40 40 50 30 COLUMBIA 88 68 88 67 / 40 40 50 30 LAWRENCEBURG 88 67 89 68 / 40 40 40 30 WAVERLY 86 69 87 65 / 50 50 60 30 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JLM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 826 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101200- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 826 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NORTH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY... BUT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THURSDAY. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE COVERAGE OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE ISOLATED...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 31/JBW
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were reported down in Lebanon.
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